[Board] OSGeo / IRS update

[Daniel Morissette]

Hi board,

First, an interesting read about IRS and open source nonprofits that I 
found on FrankW's Google+:

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/08/osdv/all/?mbid=social10524964

What is written there matches very well OSGeo's situation.

FYI I was on a call a few weeks ago with the IRS agent responsible for 
the OSGeo application and our attorney, and while that was not obvious 
to me at the time, reading this article made me understand some of the 
questions and comments of the IRS agent, and I confirm that everything 
in this article matches OSGeo's situation.

At some point during the call our attorney proposed a split of 
activities between two organizations, one non-profit for the FOSS4G and 
educational stuff and one for-profit for the rest (similar to what 
Mozilla did), and the IRS agent agreed that this would likely be 
approved. More on this soon, waiting on a formal report from our 
attorney to share with the OSGeo board.

Daniel